Simul Parikh Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Does anyone have a good recipe for this? I've looked at a few, there are some significant differences. Trying to recreate Chang's or HKP's version at the home front... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 I've made this version from Saveur Magazine and remember it being good. You could also consult Fuchsia Dunlop's Land of Plenty In general, I remember it being a fairly easy dish to make. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simul Parikh Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Well, it turned out pretty darn good, lady was very happy with it. Couple issues, though - 1) Sichuan pepper tends to be gritty. I'm not sure if it's residual husks from the grinding process or what. Not a big deal, but a little annoying 2) Not really getting the numbness/tingling. I hear it's b/c you need fresh sichuan peppercorn. Where in the world can I find it fresh? 3) B/c of this, was much more 'la' than 'ma'. Sweat my face off 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Penzey's has them. Normally their spices are very fresh? Note they spell them Szechuan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lion Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Grittiness is probably because you included the Sichuan peppercorn seeds in the grind. You need to remove them and only use the hulls, which contain the flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simul Parikh Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 41 minutes ago, astrid said: Grittiness is probably because you included the Sichuan peppercorn seeds in the grind. You need to remove them and only use the hulls, which contain the flavor. Thank you! I figured this out after very mild googling! Will do that next time. It was really annoying b/c the taste was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 So impressed that you tried. 水煮魚 is one of those dishes, much like fried and smoked foods, that I'll leave to the experts. My mom has never attempted it either, and she's the best Chinese cook that I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandynva Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 was the sauce flavorful enough that you think this would work for tofu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simul Parikh Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 Nov 20, 2014 - "Sichuan Boiled Fish in Spicy Sauce" on dimsumptuous.com Yeah, because it’s a mild white fish dish, I don’t think fish added anything but protein. I was thinking for my parents I would use veg stock, use tofu and top it over noodles I used this recipe and then these were my mods: I didn’t have garlic leek, subbed in Celery. Doubled the corn starch, mixed with 2 table spoon water, 1 table spoon rice wine, salt and sugar, marinated fish for 30+ minutes. Boiled the veggies in the stock instead of in water and used that stock for the dish. Skipped cinnamon. 3.5 tbsp doubanjiang. Used 6 cloves of garlic for the sauce and then topped with 3 cloves as recipe said. Was spicy enough, so did not top with chili flakes - toasted Sichuan peppercorns and Ground them up and sprinkled that. Boom! Oh, and asked my staff that’s from China and he said that his wife generally cooks the Sichuan pepper corns in oil to impart the flavor and filters them out. I think I just need to remove seeds next time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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